Current Match Report – NZ A vs India A 1st informal ODI 2022 – ESPNcricinfo

ReportThey shared 7 wickets, as Michael Rippon and Joe Walker’s 89- run ninth-wicket stand provided visitors some respectability Shardul Thakur got 4 for 32 – PTI India A 170 for 3 (Patidar 45 *, Gaikwad 41, Rippon 1-28) beat New Zealand A 167 (Rippon 61, Thakur 4-32, Sen 3-30) by 7 wickets Pace bowlers Shardul Thakur and Kuldeep Sen bowled New Zealand out for a paltry 167, sharing 7 wickets in between them, as India A published a comfy seven-wicket success in the very first of the 3 one-dayers at Chennai’s MA Chidambaram Stadium on Thursday to take the hosts 1-0 up in the series. After asking the visitors to bat, Thakur – who had actually changed the hurt Prasidh Krishna in the team – struck in his 2nd over on a pitch that had speed and bounce available, tidying up opener Chad Bowes for10 Understood for his outswingers and nip-backers, Thakur not long after eliminated Dane Cleaver with a brief ball, requiring him to pull just to be captured at great leg after a leading edge. Sen, making his launching for India A, bowled in tandem with the senior fast to trap No. 3 Joe Carter leg prior to wicket. That was the 3rd wicket of a collapse which saw New Zealand A slide from 14 without loss to 74 for 8 in a period of 16 overs. There was some resistance from the lower order, thanks to tailenders Michael Rippon and Joe Walker. Their 89- run collaboration off 126 shipment for the ninth wicket ultimately raised New Zealand A to167 While Rippon top-scored with 61 from 104 balls and struck 4 borders, Walker made 36 off 49, striking 3 fours and a 6 throughout a steady collaboration. Walker was run-out in the 39 th over, and it took India A less than more overs to bowl New Zealand A out, as Thakur ended with 4 for 32 – consisting of getting Rippon out last – while Sen returned figures of 3 for30 A below-par rating on a batting-friendly pitch was never ever going to present a hazard, and India A finished the chase. After Prithvi Shaw died for 17, Ruturaj Gaikwad and No. 3 Rahul Tripathi, who got 31, sewn 56 runs. Gaikwad’s 3 fours and 2 tidy 6s assisted him build up 41 prior to he was caught-and-bowled by Rippon. An amusing collaboration followed in between India A captain Sanju Samson and the in-form Rajat Patidar. Samson was invited with a rousing cheer from the 200- odd viewers as the set placed on an unbroken fourth-wicket stand of 69 to ferret out the target with 7 wickets and more than 19 overs to spare. Samson stayed unbeaten on 29 – consisting of striking 3 6s – while Patidar, who penalized the bowlers whenever they went complete, struck a fast 45 off 41 balls. His knock consisted of 7 limits. The second of the 3 one-dayers will occur on Sunday at the exact same location, with the visitors now in a must-win scenario to live in the series Srinidhi Ramanujam is a sub-editor with ESPNcricinfo
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